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Rh of the dining-room. She said good night to him at the door of the elevator, and she said it hastily—in her anxiety for her father, who was showing signs of depression and fatigue. He had been silent. He roused himself to say to the lieutenant, by way of farewell: "War! Huh! Cursed nuisance. Good-night."